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Topic: Who would be a good player?

Message 1 / 19
WayneNov 17, 2012
 

 
Hi all
Listening to the old shows as I do everyday and how impressive at times Clement and Kenneth were, I wondered who past or present in history would I consider a good player.
I thought
Terry Thomas (would have been funny)
Harry Worth (worth a punt)
Roy Hood (Dont think he has been on)
John Junkin (Some may remember him)
David Frost (dont think he would do it) Slow talker like Clement
Frank Carson (He would have been unable to do it, but funny)

Anyway just a few if anyone wants to add please do and lets see how it goes.

Wayne

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

Message 2 / 19
Don JudgeNov 18, 2012
 

 
Do you mean Roy Hudd?
I do indeed remember John Junkin.

Some more to consider:
The cast of ISIHAC - they have to be quick-thinking to do that.
Tony Hancock would have been useless, he needed a script and even had to read them on TV at the end!
Eric Sykes, a script writer so may have been good at it.
My all-time hero - Spike Milligan, again a script writer and used to a lot of ad-libbing on The Goons. Maybe that would have been a good skill to have for this.

--
Cheers

Don __o
\ <,
.....O/ O

sent from my iPod Touch

On 18 Nov 2012, at 01:48, "Wayne" <wayne.styles@...> wrote:

> Hi all
> Listening to the old shows as I do everyday and how impressive at times Clement and Kenneth were, I wondered who past or present in history would I consider a good player.
> I thought
> Terry Thomas (would have been funny)
> Harry Worth (worth a punt)
> Roy Hood (Dont think he has been on)
> John Junkin (Some may remember him)
> David Frost (dont think he would do it) Slow talker like Clement
> Frank Carson (He would have been unable to do it, but funny)
>
> Anyway just a few if anyone wants to add please do and lets see how it goes.
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

Message 3 / 19
DeanNov 18, 2012
 

 

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

Message 4 / 19
Don JudgeNov 18, 2012
 

 

 

there are so many people aren’t there.

 

I used to love Morecambe and Wise, and would love to have heard Eric Morecambe on with Kenneth. Yes I know, the M&W shows were scripted, but by all accounts Eric was a great ad libber too.

 

What about Tommy Cooper...

 

Larry Grayson or Danny LaRue would have been interesting competition for Kenneth...

 

Spike Milligan would have been very funny – but would he have adapted to the structured environment?

 

Bruce Forsyth also comes to mind.

 

I know this will appeal to some of you too – wouldn’t it have been interesting if Frank Muir and Dennis Nordern had appeared on a show with say Kenneth and Clement. We can dream, can’t we...

 

struggling to think of women candidates!

 

Of those named so far, John Junkin, Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Willie Rushton did do the show with varying degrees of success... I thought Tim in particular was very good on it. Graeme and Barry were also pretty good.

 

 

 

 

From: Don Judge

Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:21 PM

To: just-a-minute@...

Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Who would be a good player?

 

 

Do you mean Roy Hudd?
I do indeed remember John Junkin.

Some more to consider:
The cast of ISIHAC - they have to be quick-thinking to do that.
Tony Hancock would have been useless, he needed a script and even had to read them on TV at the end!
Eric Sykes, a script writer so may have been good at it.
My all-time hero - Spike Milligan, again a script writer and used to a lot of ad-libbing on The Goons. Maybe that would have been a good skill to have for this.

--
Cheers

Don __o
\ <,
.....O/ O

sent from my iPod Touch

On 18 Nov 2012, at 01:48, "Wayne" <mailto:wayne.styles%40yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi all
> Listening to the old shows as I do everyday and how impressive at times Clement and Kenneth were, I wondered who past or present in history would I consider a good player.
> I thought
> Terry Thomas (would have been funny)
> Harry Worth (worth a punt)
> Roy Hood (Dont think he has been on)
> John Junkin (Some may remember him)
> David Frost (dont think he would do it) Slow talker like Clement
> Frank Carson (He would have been unable to do it, but funny)
>
> Anyway just a few if anyone wants to add please do and lets see how it goes.
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

Message 5 / 19
Julian BishopNov 18, 2012
 

 

 

I imagine Eric Morecombe would be good but Tommy Cooper?

Another hero of mine but I don't think he would be any good to be honest as he was a man of one-liners.

Plus, despite the apparent catalogue of random disaster TC used to rehearse and rehearse his whole act and it never strayed from the script by all accounts.

FM and DN - now that would have been an episode! Good choice.

Women?

Shappi Khorsandi

How about thinking outside the UK box for a bit...

Roseanne?

Elaine Strict? She was often chat shows and was never short of something to say.

Joan Rivers - she can talk for England, well the US anyway :o)

Rita Rudner - I love her act

As an aside, Have you noticed how many US comediennes (& comedians) are Jewish? Wonder why?

--

Cheers

Don   __o

          \ <,

   .....O/ O

sent from my iPod Touch

On 18 Nov 2012, at 08:45, "Dean" <dbedford@...> wrote:

 

there are so many people aren’t there.

 

I used to love Morecambe and Wise, and would love to have heard Eric Morecambe on with Kenneth. Yes I know, the M&W shows were scripted, but by all accounts Eric was a great ad libber too.

 

What about Tommy Cooper...

 

Larry Grayson or Danny LaRue would have been interesting competition for Kenneth...

 

Spike Milligan would have been very funny – but would he have adapted to the structured environment?

 

Bruce Forsyth also comes to mind.

 

I know this will appeal to some of you too – wouldn’t it have been interesting if Frank Muir and Dennis Nordern had appeared on a show with say Kenneth and Clement. We can dream, can’t we...

 

struggling to think of women candidates!

 

Of those named so far, John Junkin, Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Willie Rushton did do the show with varying degrees of success... I thought Tim in particular was very good on it. Graeme and Barry were also pretty good.

 

 

 

 

From: Don Judge

Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:21 PM

To: just-a-minute@...

Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Who would be a good player?

 

 

Do you mean Roy Hudd?
I do indeed remember John Junkin.

Some more to consider:
The cast of ISIHAC - they have to be quick-thinking to do that.
Tony Hancock would have been useless, he needed a script and even had to read them on TV at the end!
Eric Sykes, a script writer so may have been good at it.
My all-time hero - Spike Milligan, again a script writer and used to a lot of ad-libbing on The Goons. Maybe that would have been a good skill to have for this.

--
Cheers

Don __o
\ <,
.....O/ O

sent from my iPod Touch

On 18 Nov 2012, at 01:48, "Wayne" <mailto:wayne.styles%40yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi all
> Listening to the old shows as I do everyday and how impressive at times Clement and Kenneth were, I wondered who past or present in history would I consider a good player.
> I thought
> Terry Thomas (would have been funny)
> Harry Worth (worth a punt)
> Roy Hood (Dont think he has been on)
> John Junkin (Some may remember him)
> David Frost (dont think he would do it) Slow talker like Clement
> Frank Carson (He would have been unable to do it, but funny)
>
> Anyway just a few if anyone wants to add please do and lets see how it goes.
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

Message 6 / 19
Wayne StylesNov 18, 2012
 

 

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

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mathewNov 18, 2012
 

 
Tony Hancock did ad lib during some Hancock episodes so might have been good when freed from a script and given license to roam. He certainly had the intelligence and vocabulary.

Elaine Strict is memorable for not getting the game and causing chaos. Its a fabulously hilarious episode. Kind of like when Terry Wogan had a stint, it was good the first time but quickly got tiring.

A Few Others

Nick Hewer - very droll sense of humour, smart and quick and wouldnt make NP feel so old.
Mel Gedroyc - occasionally copresents with Sue Perkins tho maybe not on the same panel as it could come across as a gimmick.
Billy Connolly
Gene Wilder - No idea if he would have been any good but would have loved to heard him do just one show.

--- In just-a-minute@..., Wayne Styles <wayne.styles@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Don and all :) (sounds like an introduction)
> It was late "HUDD" and in the Just a minute mode, its how it sounds thats important :)
>
> Some interesting names here
>
> What about 
> Steve Martin,
> Richard Prior
> and one I would pay to see Mel Brooks
>
> Women
> Elaine Stritch did do an episode I listened last week "She said it was a stupid game" or am i imagining this!
> Bea Arthur good one liners
> Lucile Ball very very clever woman despite her on screen image
> James Stewart, would have been like Derek :) 
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Don Judge <don@...>
> To: "just-a-minute@..." <just-a-minute@...>
> Sent: Sunday, 18 November 2012, 8:21
> Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Who would be a good player?
>
>
>  
> Do you mean Roy Hudd?
> I do indeed remember John Junkin.
>
> Some more to consider:
> The cast of ISIHAC - they have to be quick-thinking to do that.
> Tony Hancock would have been useless, he needed a script and even had to read them on TV at the end!
> Eric Sykes, a script writer so may have been good at it.
> My all-time hero - Spike Milligan, again a script writer and used to a lot of ad-libbing on The Goons. Maybe that would have been a good skill to have for this.
>
> --
> Cheers
>
> Don __o
> \ <,
> .....O/ O
>
> sent from my iPod Touch
>
> On 18 Nov 2012, at 01:48, "Wayne" <wayne.styles@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> > Listening to the old shows as I do everyday and how impressive at times Clement and Kenneth were, I wondered who past or present in history would I consider a good player.
> > I thought
> > Terry Thomas (would have been funny)
> > Harry Worth (worth a punt)
> > Roy Hood (Dont think he has been on)
> > John Junkin (Some may remember him)
> > David Frost (dont think he would do it) Slow talker like Clement
> > Frank Carson (He would have been unable to do it, but funny)
> >
> > Anyway just a few if anyone wants to add please do and lets see how it goes.
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

Message 8 / 19
Espen KrømkeNov 19, 2012
 

 
 

As an aside, Have you noticed how many US comediennes (& comedians) are Jewish? Wonder why?

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

Message 9 / 19
Don JudgeNov 19, 2012
 

 

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

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g m tNov 19, 2012
 

 
http://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-famous-jewish-comedians/famous-jews?limit=100

Religion is a common topic in US comedy. Larry the Cable Guy and his friends skewer the southern Holy Roller religions, Saturday Night Live is based in New York and pokes fun at Catholics and Jews, dominate religions around there, and Hispanic comedy from Southern California has a lot of fun with Catholicism, too. --- In just-a-minute@..., "Espen Krømke" <espen.kromke@...> wrote:

>
> How do you know what religion they belong to? Is this common knowledge
> in the US (I just assume you are American now)?
>
>
> On 18. nov. 2012 15:15, Don Judge wrote:
> >
> > As an aside, Have you noticed how many US comediennes (& comedians)
> > are Jewish? Wonder why?
>

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

Message 11 / 19
peterjaybirdNov 19, 2012
 

 
Another American: Woody Allen (which reinforces Don's point). He's versatile, witty, and can talk about Anything.

Pete

--- In just-a-minute@..., "Wayne" <wayne.styles@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all
> Listening to the old shows as I do everyday and how impressive at times Clement and Kenneth were, I wondered who past or present in history would I consider a good player.
> I thought
> Terry Thomas (would have been funny)
> Harry Worth (worth a punt)
> Roy Hood (Dont think he has been on)
> John Junkin (Some may remember him)
> David Frost (dont think he would do it) Slow talker like Clement
> Frank Carson (He would have been unable to do it, but funny)
>
> Anyway just a few if anyone wants to add please do and lets see how it goes.
>
> Wayne
>

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

Message 12 / 19
Espen KNov 19, 2012
 

 
 

Look them up on Wikipedia
Google for "Jewish comedians/comediennes"
Go to a website such as  http://guesswhosjewish.com/
etc

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

Message 13 / 19
Don JudgeNov 19, 2012
 

 

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

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delmelzaNov 19, 2012
 

 
I found these on the subject on Jewish Humor in the usa
(note I am posting these for referrance only-this is not meant to be religious or political-thought I had better throw that in)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F515PqYzfQ

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/culture/2/Humor/History/In_America.shtml

--- In just-a-minute@..., Espen K <espen.kromke@...> wrote:
>
> lol ok my next question would then be: Why on earth have you googled
> this? :D
>
> I mean, it's not like I don't know how to do the reseach, I'm just
> puzzled as to why you seemed to have done that. But then again I come
> from one of the most ateist countries in the world, so I guess the
> correct question would more be "why do I not seem to care". ;)
>
>
>
> On 19. nov. 2012 10:46, Don Judge wrote:
> > Look them up on Wikipedia
> > Google for "Jewish comedians/comediennes"
> > Go to a website such as http://guesswhosjewish.com/
> > etc
>

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

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James R CurryNov 19, 2012
 

 
Getting back to the topic of US celebrities who'd make good players of the game, I've always found David Letterman to be amusing when he gets off-script and has to ad lib.

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

Message 16 / 19
Wayne StylesNov 19, 2012
 

 

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

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Espen KrømkeNov 20, 2012
 

 

 

Shatner, yep agree he would be  funny, but too full of himself.

No kidding. I am a Star Trek fan, and the less Shatner say in public the better.

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

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Espen KrømkeNov 20, 2012
 

 

 

Are you sitting down?

Must admit I had to look at my browser History to remember some of this lot.

It came back to me once I started.

I was watching House of Cards at the weekend - a truly excellent British political drama

I recognised one of the actresses but couldn't remember where from

I looked up HoC on Wikipedia - turns out she was Alphonsia Emmanuel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Cards

AM doesn't have a Wikipedia page so went to IMDB and saw she was in the film 'Peter's Friends'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256456/

I looked that up on Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter's_Friends

I spotted Rita Rudner right at the front of the film poster

I was surprised having seen RR's standup routines many times years ago

I saw that Rita and her husband wrote it and she was in it

Looked up Rita Rudner on Wikipedia, noticed the Jewish references

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Rudner

Looked her up on Google and found her on the many Jewish Comedians/Comediennes sites along with many others I recognised.

Next....

 

--
Cheers

Don   __o
      \<,
.....O/ O

 
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Topic: Re: Who would be a good player?

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Don JudgeNov 20, 2012
 

 

> little glimpse

Imagine doing that without t'Internet...